Harvest of Hope=Fuck Langerado

The festival season is starting off with a bang down in Florida, thanks to the inaugural Harvest of Hope Fest in St. John’s County Fairgrounds in St. Augustine. This three-day festival, March 6th-8th, is a benefit for migrant farm workers (if there are any left after the recent economic collapse here in the States…). The groups tend towards the punk and hardcore, but there’s still indie, hip-hop, electronica, and more – oh, and no jam-bands! The real theme running through the line-up is one of activism, fitting for the event:

(note: Harvest of Hope unfortunately takes place over the same three-day weekend as Langerado in Miami – and while they’re in the same state, you can’t just hop from one to the other, as St. Augustine & Miami are on opposite ends of the long, long state. But a host of acts are playing both, including: Against Me!, DeVotchKa, Broken Social Scene, Bad Brains, Girl Talk, Lucero, The Virgins, Ra Ra Riot, The Faint, King Khan & The Shrines, and Holy Fuck – QRO Langerado preview. And at Harvest, you can camp – plus it’s cheaper…)

This is the perfect way to protest Langerado, and just LOOK at the ticket prices. Plus camping! I look forward to hanging out with my friends, discovering lots of new bands and music, meeting cool and interesting people, and for not a whole lot of money. And i'm helping migrant farm workers!!(cool?)

Originally Posted by Wayne Coyne

People treat Arcade Fire like they're the greatest thing ever and they get away with it.

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I bet anything that Flogging Molly is added to this.

Originally Posted by bmack86

And it's been long established that Chris hates fun.

Originally Posted by Hatinisbad

I took my niece this year and it was her first Coachella. It was so fun to see it through her eyes. She thought it felt like a magical scene from Shreck. The one where all the fairy tale creatures meet for the first time in Shreck's swamp.

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that looks pretty nice for the $$ and I've always really loved St Augustine for some reason. I have all these really vivid childhood memories of having driven all night (on route to southern FL), we'd always hit St Augustine around dawn, would pile out of the car and go to the waterfront by Castillo de San Marcos and buy fresh orange juice...

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Originally Posted by bmack86

Make sure to see The Mae Shi. They are the most energetic live act around.

Most definitely Mack. I'm greatly looking forward to discovering new bands, and the best way to do that is to just show up at the set. My friend was reading through the lineup and she is choosing bands to see just by how interesting or goofy their name is.

I'm so happy I started this thread BEFORE yesterday!

WE DID IT GUYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! FUCK LANGERADO!!!!!!!!!!!!

Originally Posted by Wayne Coyne

People treat Arcade Fire like they're the greatest thing ever and they get away with it.

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HOH is running off of a grant. Most of the bands are charging very little, so that is how they are affording everything. Also, they are utilyzing a lot of grass roots organizing to get help. With the cancellation of Langerado some bands demanded more money from HOH than the charity could provide, while other bands, who found themselves suddenly free that weekend, asked if they could join. Therefore, the line up is changing some, but for the price, the camping, and the bands that have definatley confirmed, this festival cannot be beat.

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Go to this Matt! Seriously... I wish this was close to me. To me, this line up is fucking amazing. Monotonix and Holy Fuck alone would make it worth it to me. Not to mention acts like Broken Social Scene, Propaghandi, DeVotchKa and a bunch of others.

Originally Posted by bmack86

And it's been long established that Chris hates fun.

Originally Posted by Hatinisbad

I took my niece this year and it was her first Coachella. It was so fun to see it through her eyes. She thought it felt like a magical scene from Shreck. The one where all the fairy tale creatures meet for the first time in Shreck's swamp.

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I'm thinking about it. My spring break plans take me to south Florida, which is that weekend, my friend wants to go this now (she wanted to do langerado because she thought it was the best lineup ever, but now that its cancelled she wants this), but i'm still not sure. I don't know many of the acts, Holy Fuck is a meh live act in my opinion, I'd be happy to see Deerhunter and Health, maybe a couple others. But i'm going to Florida with a group of people, and I don't know what the itinerary looks like yet.

so what are some other experimental/electronic/shoegaze acts on the bill?